0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cowalla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cowalla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all homes in Cowalla have two motor vehicles, making cars essential for daily life here. Most people rely on their own transport or work from home, with almost no one using public transit. This reflects a rural lifestyle where the typical trip to the city takes about 68 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Cowalla has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for households without one. About 24% of homes have four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cowalla, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 4 or more is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 26.9%, far above the state figure of 7.5%. This is a key way people avoid travel, as 0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.
26.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Cowalla. This means the area has zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 68 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
68
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cowalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50346/cowalla/topic/transport